Eurydactylodes is a small genus

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of gecko

Gecko

Geckos are lizards belonging to the infraorder Gekkota, found in warm climates throughout the world. They range from 1.6 cm to 60 cm....

s, found on the main island of New Caledonia

New Caledonia

New Caledonia is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of Australia and about from Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of...

. These geckos are arboreal and predominantly shrub-dwellers which do not retire to hiding-places even at daytime. They inhabit moist rainforest

Rainforest

Rainforests are forests characterized by high rainfall, with definitions based on a minimum normal annual rainfall of 1750-2000 mm...

s and similar gallery forest

Gallery forest

Gallery forests are evergreen forests that form as corridors along rivers or wetlands and project into landscapes that are otherwise only sparsely treed such as savannas, grasslands or deserts....

s lining the rivers.

The females usually lay two soft-shelled eggs which are buried in moist substrates.

Classification of genus Eurydactylodes

• Eurydactylodes agricolae
• Symmetrical Gecko, Eurydactylodes symmetricus
• Bavay's Gecko, Eurydactylodes vieillardi
• Eurydactylodes occidentalis